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46-502: They also worked on the 1981 science fiction anthology movie Heavy Metal and The Body Electric , an animated movie featuring music composed by the Canadian rock band Rush . Vic Atkinson founded the company. Atkinson was hospitalized after overseeing the production of two segments for Heavy Metal . He recovered and oversaw The Christmas Raccoons before leaving the company and selling his share to Bill Stevens. Atkinson did not like

92-414: A dystopian and crime-ridden New York City in 2031, cynical taxicab driver Harry Canyon narrates his day in film noir style, grumbling about his fares and frequent robbery attempts he thwarts with a disintegrator installed in the back of his seat. He stumbles into an incident where he rescues a red-haired young woman from Rudnick, a gangster who murdered her father. She explains that her father discovered

138-465: A few non-metal artists such as Billy Idol , Insane Clown Posse , Twiztid , and Bauhaus . The vast majority of the tracks were either specifically recorded for the soundtrack or were previously unreleased up to that point. One month after its release in the U.S., the soundtrack peaked at No. 101 on the Billboard 200 chart. Additional tracks: (These were used in the film, but were not included in

184-426: A mysterious cloaked sage, and his assistant, Zeek, a rock-like creature who appeared when Tyler found the crystal. The two are guardians of the ancient fountain. With his ship destroyed and most of his crew dead, Tyler orders Dr. Schechter to extract Kerrie's fluids. While exploring the planet, he finds a race of reptilian beings and conquers them by defeating their champion and their leader in a death match. Julie enters

230-456: A naked, muscular man called Den , an acronym for his earth name, David Ellis Norman. There, Den witnesses a strange ritual, rescuing a beautiful young woman who is about to be sacrificed to Uhluhtc . Reaching safety, she introduces herself as Katherine Wells from the British colony of Gibraltar . The two start having sex, but are interrupted by the minions of Ard, an immortal man who wants to obtain

276-545: A public offering under the name The Crawley Group, but the stock market crashed three days before his presentation. The company had $ 4 million in debt by 1988, and owed a large amount of unpaid wages causing more employees to join Hinton Animation. Heavy Metal (film) Heavy Metal is a 1981 Canadian adult animated science fantasy anthology film directed by Gerald Potterton (in his director debut) and produced by Ivan Reitman and Leonard Mogel, who also

322-518: A space station, crooked space captain Lincoln F. Sternn is on trial for numerous serious charges presented by the prosecutor consisting of 12 counts of murder in the first degree, 14 counts of armed theft of Federation property, 22 counts of piracy in high space, 18 counts of fraud, 37 counts of rape — and one moving violation. Pleading "not guilty" against the advice of his lawyer Charlie, Sternn explains that he expects to be acquitted because he bribed

368-498: A trap door under Fiste, ejecting him into space. The Loc-Nar enters Earth's atmosphere with Fiste's flaming severed hand still clinging to it. Cast Crew Music Studio Because of time constraints, a segment called "Neverwhere Land", which would have connected "Captain Sternn" to "B-17", was cut. The story follows the influence of the Loc-Nar upon the evolution of a planet, from

414-402: A vial with the immortality serum and heals instantly. In the ensuing gunfight, Tyler blows up the club. Escaping the explosion, Julie and Germain board a shuttlecraft that latches onto Tyler's ship before it jumps into hyperspace . Discovering them mid-travel, Tyler tries to shake them off, but the fight causes the two ships to crash. Julie wakes up on Uroboris, a desert planet, and meets Odin,

460-568: A witness named Hanover Fiste. Fiste takes the stand upon being called to by the prosecutor, but his perjury is subverted when the Loc-Nar, now the size of a marble, causes him to blurt out highly incriminating statements about Sternn (though whether or not any of them are true is unknown) before changing him into a hulking muscular brute that chases Sternn throughout the station, breaking through bulkheads and wreaking havoc. Eventually, he corners Sternn, who gives him his promised payoff, and he promptly shrinks back to his scrawny original form. Sternn opens

506-538: Is able to banish Ard and the Queen. Den suspects that they were teleported to Earth. Refusing the opportunity to take the Loc-Nar for himself, Den rides with Katherine into the sunset, content to remain in Neverwhere. As for the Loc-Nar, it rises into the sky and lands on a space station where it is picked up by someone else. Cast Crew Studio Based on the character of the same name created by Bernie Wrightson . On

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552-455: Is the 2000 soundtrack album to the film of the same name. In his AllMusic review, Greg Prato said that the album was a "truer heavy metal soundtrack" than that of the first film, featuring a combination of established bands such as Pantera , Monster Magnet , and Machine Head ; then-newer bands such as Queens of the Stone Age , System of a Down , Hate Dept. , Puya , and Coal Chamber ; and

598-455: The "Loc-Nar" in Heavy Metal ) that can lead the bearer back to the fountain and drives anyone who possessed it insane, was cast into space and lost among the stars. In a present-day asteroid excavation, space crewman Tyler and his colleague find the key by accident. Tyler touches the key and instantly goes insane, growing long hair and looking fierce. He kills his mining partner and takes over

644-471: The Arakacians, a malevolent race, discovered a place where space-time leaked a type of fluid. This fluid granted immortality to anyone who consumed it. The Arakacians built an empire and enslaved the known universe for centuries. They were finally vanquished after the fountain chamber (where they gathered the water of life) was sealed by freedom fighters. The key to the chamber, a glowing green crystal (resembling

690-410: The Loc-Nar for himself. After being taken to see Ard, Den demands to see Katherine. His request is ignored and Ard orders his men to castrate Den. Den fights off the soldiers and shoots Ard, who is immortal and heals immediately. The girl turns out to be sleeping, encased in glass under a spell where only Ard can awaken her. Ard offers Den a deal: if he gets the Loc-Nar from the Queen and brings it to him,

736-406: The Loc-Nar in the locket of Gloria, a beautiful buxom stenographer, he begins to behave erratically and motorboats her. A colossal starship drills through the roof and abducts the doctor and, by accident, Gloria. The ship's robot is irritated at Anrak, who is actually a malfunctioning android , but its mood changes when it sees Gloria. With the help of the ship's alien pilot Edsel and co-pilot Zeke,

782-454: The Loc-Nar landing in a body of water, influencing the rise of the industrial age, and a world war. This original story was created by Cornelius Cole III. The original rough animatics are set to a loop of the beginning of Pink Floyd 's " Time ". The 1996 VHS release included this segment at the end of the tape. On the DVD release, this segment is included as a bonus feature. In both released versions,

828-416: The Loc-Nar, and they have been pursued relentlessly by people attempting to obtain it. Harry takes her to his apartment, where they have sex. She decides to sell the Loc-Nar to Rudnick and split the money with Harry. Rudnick is disintegrated by the Loc-Nar at the exchange, and she attempts to double-cross Harry to keep the money for herself. When she pulls out a gun, Harry uses the disintegrator on her. He keeps

874-509: The astronaut Grimaldi arrives at home where he is greeted by his daughter. He says he has something to show her. When he opens his case, a green, crystalline sphere rises out and melts him. It introduces itself to the terrified girl as "the sum of all evils". Looking into the orb known as the Loc-Nar, the girl sees how it has influenced societies throughout time and space. Cast Crew Studio Original story by Daniel Goldberg and Len Blum ; based on The Long Tomorrow by Moebius . In

920-410: The attractive schoolteacher Kerrie for his own sexual purposes. When Germain resists the idea, he is left on Eden. Kerrie's warrior sister Julie survives the attack and teams up with Germain to follow Tyler, though brutally fending off Germain's flirtations. At a renegade space station , where a sex robot distracts Germain, Julie finds Tyler in a nightclub and critically injures him. However, he ingests

966-517: The chamber key and be drawn to the fountain. He intends to claim it as his own and reestablish the Arakacian empire. However, Zeek, who befriended Julie, pulls the crystal key from the pedestal, locking Odin inside the fountain chamber forever, and flies into outer space. As Germain and Kerrie help Julie to her feet, Zeek envelops the crystal into himself and becomes a new asteroid to hide the key for all time. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes ,

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1012-407: The citadel where the immortality fountain is located. At the citadel, Julie undergoes a bath ritual where armor of scanty clothing, like Taarna's in Heavy Metal , is bestowed upon her. She, Kerrie, and Germain help the fountain's guardians defend against Tyler's army. In the fighting, Lambert suffers a near-fatal injury and grabs for Tyler's last vial of immortality serum, accidentally breaking it on

1058-542: The city had a pact, but the city falls before the call can be answered. Taarna, a beautiful yet mute warrior and the last of the Taarakians, receives the summons. After ritually preparing herself, she and her avian mount fly to the beleaguered city, only to find the citizens dead. Determined to avenge them, she begins following the trail of their murderers and encounters a small band of the mutant barbarians. After killing them and with more information at hand, she travels towards

1104-424: The co-pilot goes back to check on the crew. Finding nothing but dead bodies, he notices the Loc-Nar trailing the plane. Informing the pilot, he heads back to the cockpit, when the Loc-Nar rams itself into the plane and reanimates the dead crew members as zombies . The co-pilot is killed, while the pilot parachutes away in time. He lands on an island where he finds a graveyard of airplanes from various times, along with

1150-412: The direction the company was heading in and stated that "I won't produce garbage" while Stevens says he left over disagreements regarding growth and financial risk . The Christmas Raccoons cost $ 700,000, The Raccoons on Ice cost $ 850,000 and the episodes of The Raccoons cost up to $ 415,000. F. R. Crawley , who was $ 1.2 million in debt, sold his company to Stevens for $ 1. Merilyn Read acquired

1196-669: The film by August 2009 and no distributor or production company has shown interest in the second sequel since. In 2011, filmmaker Robert Rodriguez announced at Comic-Con that he had purchased the film rights to Heavy Metal and planned to develop a new animated film at the new Quick Draw Studios. However, on March 11, 2014, with the formation of his very own television network, El Rey , Rodriguez considered switching gears and bringing it to TV. Fincher and Miller subsequently developed their plans into Love, Death & Robots , an original animated series for Netflix initially released in 2019. The Heavy Metal 2000 Original Soundtrack

1242-450: The film holds a 17% rating based on reviews from 12 critics. Lisa Nesselson of Variety called the plot derivative but said self-selecting audiences may enjoy it. Writing for Slant Magazine , Jake Cole said, "Everything here is disconnected and enervating, scuttling the winsome absurdity of the premise." The movie was released on DVD and video on July 10, 2000. It was later released on Blu-ray on April 19, 2022, while Heavy Metal

1288-408: The girl will be released. Den agrees and infiltrates the palace along with Ard's best soldier, Norl. They are promptly caught by the Queen's guards, but she offers leniency if Den has sex with her. He complies, thereby distracting the Queen while the raiding party steals the Loc-Nar. Den escapes and races back to rescue Katherine from Ard. Recreating the lightning incident that drew him to Neverwhere, he

1334-437: The ground. Tyler, enraged, kills Lambert for the blunder and walks to the pit of immortality. He is about to put the crystal into the fountain's final lock but is stopped by Julie, who stabs him in the left eye. A fight ensues in which, with Odin's help, Julie finally kills Tyler. Odin then throws off his cloak, revealing himself to be the last of the Arakacians. He has been in hiding all these centuries, waiting for someone to find

1380-404: The money, and summarizes the incident as a "two-day ride with one hell of a tip". Cast Crew Music Studio Based on the character of the same name created by Richard Corben . A nerdy teenager finds a "green meteorite" near his house and adds it to his rock collection. During a lightning experiment, the orb hurls the young man into the world of Neverwhere, where he transforms into

1426-414: The mutant camp, but she and her mount are captured. Taarna is tortured and thrown into an open pit, unconscious. Her mount escapes and rescues her. She tries going for the Loc-Nar, but the mutants pursue and shoot her mount down. The mutant leader faces Taarna in a duel to the death, wounding her, but Taarna manages to kill him. With the last of their strength, Taarna and her companion make a death flight to

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1472-587: The pilot Germaine (now married to Kerrie), and a resurrected Tyler. After the release of 2000 , a third film has been in various stages of development since then. During 2008 and into 2009, reports circulated that David Fincher and James Cameron would executive produce, and each direct one of the eight to nine segments for a new film based on Heavy Metal . Eastman would also direct a segment, as well as animator Tim Miller , with Zack Snyder , Gore Verbinski , and Guillermo del Toro attached to direct segments. However, Paramount Pictures decided to stop funding

1518-423: The reptilian city in disguise as a woman that the reptiles found for Tyler. That night, she seduces Tyler and tries to kill him, but Zeek stops the attempt and captures her, taking her back to Odin. Julie then infiltrates Tyler's ship and discovers Kerrie is still alive. She takes out Dr. Schechter, frees Kerrie, and escapes as the complex explodes. Tyler, with only three vials of serum left, orders his troops to storm

1564-524: The rights for Babar the Elephant and discussed creating a special with Atkinson-Crawley. Babar and Father Christmas was the one of the most expensive specials at the time, with a budget of $ 600,000. Sheldon Wiseman and Kevin Gillis formed Hinton Animation Studios , which recruited from Atkinson-Crawley's employment. In 1987, Stevens attempted to aid the financial ailing company by raising $ 6 million through

1610-452: The robot convinces Gloria to stay on board and have "robot sex" (albeit off-screen). Meanwhile, Edsel and Zeke snort a huge amount of a powdered drug called Plutonian Nyborg before flying home, zoning out on the cosmos. Too intoxicated to fly straight, they crash-land unharmed in a huge space station. Cast Crew Music Studio Original story by Daniel Goldberg and Len Blum ; based on Arzach by Moebius . The Loc-Nar, now

1656-457: The sequence is set to the music of "Passacaglia" (from Magnificat ), composed and conducted by Krzysztof Penderecki and with animation studio being produced by Duck Soup Produckions . A World War II B-17 bomber nicknamed the Pacific Pearl makes a difficult bombing run and suffers heavy damage with all of the crew except the pilot and co-pilot killed by gunfire. As the bomber limps home,

1702-505: The ship, killing everyone but Dr. Schechter, and the pilots Lambert and Germain. His search for the planet with the fountain leads to Eden, a planet that is designated F.A.K.K.² (Federation-Assigned Ketogenic Killzone to the second level), but has inhabitants whose bodies carry traces of the immortality fluid. Tyler invades Eden, and kills many of the Edenites, capturing some so he can extract the immortality fluids from their bodies. He also keeps

1748-417: The size of a giant meteor, crashes into a volcano on another world and draws a large mass of curious people. As they begin to climb the volcano, it erupts and green slime covers the crowd, mutating them into an evil barbarian army. The mutants subsequently attack a nearby city of peaceful scholars. Desperate, the city leaders mentally summon the Taarakians, a once powerful yet now declining warrior race with whom

1794-567: The voices of Michael Ironside , Julie Strain , and Billy Idol , the film is the follow-up to the 1981 animated cult film Heavy Metal , which is based on the fantasy magazine of the same name . The story is based on the graphic novel, The Melting Pot , written by Kevin Eastman , Simon Bisley and Eric Talbot . The film was made by CinéGroupe , a studio based in Montreal, Quebec . It received negative reviews on Rotten Tomatoes . In ages past,

1840-519: The volcano. As they approach, the Loc-Nar warns her off, claiming that sacrificing herself would be futile. Ignoring the Loc-Nar, Taarna unleashes the power imbued in her sword and dives into the volcano, destroying the Loc-Nar. Cast Heavy Metal 2000 Heavy Metal 2000 (also known as Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.² outside North America) is a 2000 Canadian adult animated science fantasy film produced by Jacques Pettigrew and Michel Lemire, and directed by Michael Coldewey and Lemire. Starring

1886-464: The wrecked airplanes' zombified airmen, who surround him, sealing the horrified pilot's fate. Cast Crew Music Studio Based on the comic of the same name by Angus McKie . Dr. Anrak, a prominent scientist, arrives at The Pentagon for a meeting regarding mysterious mutations that are plaguing the United States. At the meeting, the doctor tries to dismiss the occurrences. When he sees

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1932-527: Was expedited by having several animation houses working simultaneously on different segments. Upon release, the film received mixed reviews from critics but was a moderate commercial success and has since achieved a cult following . Its soundtrack was packaged by music manager Irving Azoff and included several popular rock bands and artists, including Black Sabbath , Blue Öyster Cult , Sammy Hagar , Don Felder , Cheap Trick , DEVO , Journey , and Nazareth , among others. A sequel, Heavy Metal 2000 ,

1978-462: Was released in 2000. The title sequence was based on the comic of the same name by Dan O'Bannon and Thomas Warkentin. The title sequence story opens with a Space Shuttle orbiting the Earth. The bay doors open, releasing a 1960 Corvette . An astronaut seated in the car then begins descending through Earth's atmosphere, landing in a desert canyon. Crew Music Studio In the framing story,

2024-399: Was released on Ultra HD Blu-ray on the same day. The film had a video game about the events after Heavy Metal 2000 , titled Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. 2 , in which the player assumes the role of Julie as she fights to save Eden from an evil entity called "GITH". The game is set some time after the film and features cameo appearances of several characters, for example, Julie's sister Kerrie,

2070-448: Was the publisher of Heavy Metal magazine, which was the basis for the film. It starred the voices of Rodger Bumpass , Jackie Burroughs , John Candy , Joe Flaherty , Don Francks , Martin Lavut , Marilyn Lightstone , Eugene Levy , Alice Playten , Harold Ramis , Percy Rodriguez , Susan Roman , Richard Romanus , August Schellenberg , John Vernon , and Zal Yanovsky . The screenplay

2116-400: Was written by Daniel Goldberg and Len Blum . The film is an anthology of various science-fiction and fantasy stories tied together by a single theme of an evil force that is "the sum of all evils". It was adapted from Heavy Metal magazine and original stories in the same spirit. Like the magazine, the film features a great deal of graphic violence , sexuality, and nudity. Its production

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